Archive for September, 2008
Book News: Sony Reader to Kill off Paper Books?
September 8th, 2008From The Telegraph: The £199 Sony Reader, which will be available in more than 200 Waterstone’s stores from Thursday, could throw the future of the traditional book into doubt. Haven’t we gone through this already with the Kindle? Why would the Sony reader do what the Kindle has not done so far? The odd thing [...]
BBAW: I’ve been nominated!
September 7th, 2008Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know that I have been nominated, along with three others, for Best Non-Fiction Book Blog for the Book Bloggers Appreciation Week! The other three blogs are really good…so I would appreciate it if you went to My Friend Amy’s blog and voted for me! You can vote [...]
Book News: Sarah Palin Book is Extremely Popular
September 7th, 2008This morning I posted about Barack Obama books, so it’s only fair to post about the Sarah Palin biography that is taking a HUGE leap in sales since her VP nomination. From Northern Star Online: The book, written by Kaylene Johnson, is currently out of stock. It sits high above the list, beating books written [...]
Book News: All Obama All The Time!
September 7th, 2008There is a lot of Barack Obama book related news right now. Apparently there are a lot of anti-Obama books on the market. From the Wall Street Journal: The Associated Press reported last week that three anti-Obama books were in the top 20 list on Amazon.com. Currently, Corsi’s book as well as “The Case Against [...]
Book News: Authorized Warren Buffet Biography Coming Soon
September 6th, 2008According to Rueters.com, the first ever authorized biography of investing genius Warren Buffett will be released on September 29th. Published by Bantam Dell: The 976-page book is being written by former Morgan Stanley insurance analyst Alice Schroeder, and is titled “The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life.” I’m pretty excited because Warren Buffett [...]
Book News: Study Shows People Read Magazines in Public
September 5th, 2008I don’t get this one from Market Watch: The AudienceLab(TM) Study of Public Place Engagement, released today by McPheters & Company, has found that 57% of all magazine reading takes place outside the home and that 45% of time spent reading magazines occurs in public places such as waiting areas, airplanes and hotels. They go [...]
New LOP Feature: Book News
September 5th, 2008We’ve got a new feature here at Letters on Pages! A couple times a day (hopefully) I will post a book/reading/author related news story from somewhere in the world. I will link to it, quote a small section of it, and include my comments. I am hoping it will drive conversation in the comments…so please [...]
